South West manufacturers are showing encouraging signs of growth, according to the latest findings of the Manufacturing Advisory Service in the South West (MAS-SW). Almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of respondents to the latest Barometer, conducted quarterly by MAS-SW, reported increased sales in the past six months (April to September 2011). The Manufacturing Barometer,...
Bath’s innovative businesses are being urged to act now to reap the benefits of the Government’s proposed Patent Box relief. Businesses should be reviewing their patents and considering how their activities may be impacted to ensure they are able to use the new relief to their full advantage. The call comes from experts at...
Bath-based PR agencies Geometry and Media Safari won gold awards in this year's prestigious West of England PRide Awards. Geometry took the Best Use of Media Relations award for its Made in Cornwall campaign while Media Safari collected gold in the Best Use of Social Media category for BitDefending the Nation. Geometry, which has...
Bath-based PR agencies Geometry and Media Safari have won gold awards in this year's prestigious West of England PRide Awards. Geometry took the Best Use of Media Relations award for its Made in Cornwall campaign while Media Safari collected gold in the Best Use of Social Media category for BitDefending the Nation. Geometry, which...
The government has been urged to do more to help the UK’s ‘forgotten army’ of medium-sized businesses. The plea has come from the CBI, which today said new measures should be brought in to improve access to finance, especially in the bond markets. Businesses turning over between £10m and £100m represent less than 1%...
EXCLUSIVE Foreign ownership of British companies does not matter if they continue to invest in research, development and manufacturing in the UK, the Duke of York said during an official visit to the West this week. Speaking exclusively to Bath Business News, he said many former British businesses had successfully been bought by overseas...
Key figures from the West’s PR industry will be gathering this evening for the prestigious CIPR West of England PRide Awards. The awards are the only ones of their kind to showcase the best PR work in the region and the winners will be announced at a sell-out black-tie dinner in at the Bristol...
In a major step towards northern expansion of its business, Radstock print and mail company CFH Total Document Management has acquired FST Technologies, a print and mail business based in Livingston and East Kilbride, Scotland. FST, which has a turnover of £4m, went into administration last week. It has been bought for an undisclosed sum...
The Institute of Directors (IoD) in the South West has called for stronger backing for Bristol Airport to ensure it develops further, including introducing more flights to European and Middle East business destinations and the return of the direct service to the US. IoD regional chairman Gerry Jones made the call today in response...
Inflation has risen to 5.2%, its highest level for three years, mainly due to soaring gas and electricity bills, new figures released this morning show. The increase will pile more pressure onto hard-pressed households as average wage increases are trailing rising prices. Today’s figures highlight the risk to the Bank of England, which recently...
